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On the date
Sunday, April 11, 1926
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The Headlines
NORGE SETS OUT ON ARCTIC VOYAGE, FLYING FOR PULHAM; Amundsen Airship, Speeding Through the Night, Flashes Word of Its Progress.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 145 (145)
- George Canning (1770)
- Ferdinand Lassalle (1825)
- John I of Portugal (1357)
- Sándor Márai (1900)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Liquid Fuel Rocket, Talking Movies (Vitaphone) & Aerosol Spray Can.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
36,581 days ago
(100 years, 81 days)